Duluth vs Virginia

A side-by-side comparison of Duluth and Virginia: population, income, housing, and more.

Duluth and Virginia are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Duluth has the higher population (86,863 vs 8,362 in Virginia). Duluth has the higher median household income ($66,263 vs $48,321 in Virginia). Duluth has the higher median home value ($225,700 vs $117,500 in Virginia).

Population, income & housing

	Duluth	Virginia
Population	86,863	8,362
Median age	35.2 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,263	$48,321
Median home value	$225,700	$117,500
Median gross rent	$1,037	$789
Housing units	39,805	4,885
Homeownership rate	60.2%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duluth	Virginia
Population	85,915 → 86,863 (+1.1%)	8,484 → 8,362 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$52,463 → $66,263 (+26.3%)	$37,161 → $48,321 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$163,300 → $225,700 (+38.2%)	$92,200 → $117,500 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $1,037 (+26.5%)	$626 → $789 (+26.0%)

Duluth

Population

85,91586,863

Median household income

$52,463$66,263

Median home value

$163,300$225,700

Median gross rent

$820$1,037

Virginia

Population

8,4848,362

Median household income

$37,161$48,321

Median home value

$92,200$117,500

Median gross rent

$626$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duluth	Virginia
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	18.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.4%
75 and over	6.8%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duluth	Virginia
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	88.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	3.5%
Asian	1.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duluth	Virginia
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	20.2%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duluth	Virginia
Drove alone	71.7%	76.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.5%
Public transit	3.0%	1.1%
Walked	4.5%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	5.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duluth	Virginia
1-unit, detached	60.5%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	5.7%
20 or more units	15.0%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Duluth	Virginia
Poverty rate	17.2%	23.2%
Average household size	2.18	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1951	1952